Luke 21:25
23 How miserable those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers! For there will be great distress upon the land and wrath against this people.
24 They will fall by the edge of the sword and be led captive into all the nations. And Jerusalem will be trodden down by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.
There will be signs in the sun and moon and stars, and on the earth dismay among the nations, bewildered by the roaring of the sea and the surging of the waves.
26 Men will faint from fear and anxiety over what is coming upon the earth, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
27 At that time they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.
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- BSB
- There will be signs in the sun and moon and stars, and on the earth dismay among the nations, bewildered by the roaring of the sea and the surging of the waves.
- KJV
- And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;
- WEB
- “There will be signs in the sun, moon, and stars; and on the earth anxiety of nations, in perplexity for the roaring of the sea and the waves;
- ASV
- And there shall be signs in sun and moon and stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, in perplexity for the roaring of the sea and the billows;
- DARBY
- And there shall be signs in sun and moon and stars, and upon the earth distress of nations in perplexity [at] the roar of the sea and rolling waves,
- BLB
- And there will be signs in sun and moon and stars, and upon the earth distress of nations with perplexity [at] the roaring of the sea and the rolling surge—
- ÅB
- Og det skal skje tegn i sol og måne og stjerner, og på jorden skal folkene engstes i fortvilelse når hav og brenninger bruser,
- OTB
- "Det skal være tegn i solen, månen og stjernene. På jorden skal nasjonene være i nød og forvirring ved havets brøl og bølgenes raseri.
- B1930
- Og det skal skje tegn i sol og måne og stjerner, og på jorden skal folkene engstes i fortvilelse når hav og brenninger bruser,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 13:10
For the stars of heaven and their constellations will not give their light. The rising sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light.
Read in contextJoel 2:30–31
I will show wonders in the heavens and on the earth, blood and fire and columns of smoke.
Read in contextRevelation 6:12–14
And when I saw the Lamb open the sixth seal, there was a great earthquake, and the sun became black like sackcloth of goat hair, and the whole moon turned blood red,
Read in contextDaniel 12:1
“At that time Michael, the great prince who stands watch over your people, will rise up. There will be a time of distress, the likes of which will not have occurred from the beginning of nations until that time. But at that time your people—everyone whose name is found written in the book—will be delivered.
Read in contextIsaiah 24:23
The moon will be confounded and the sun will be ashamed; for the LORD of Hosts will reign on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, and before His elders with great glory.
Read in contextEzekiel 32:7–8
When I extinguish you, I will cover the heavens and darken their stars. I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon will not give its light.
Read in context2 Peter 3:10–12
But the Day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar, the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and its works will be laid bare.
Read in contextAmos 8:9–10
And in that day, declares the Lord GOD, I will make the sun go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the daytime.
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